Talk:Lake Stevens, Washington/GA1
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Reviewer: Truflip99 (talk · contribs) 18:48, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Will start this soon. --truflip99 (talk) 18:48, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
- Sorry for the delay!
following an exodus of businesses from the downtown area
-- perhaps clarify the community's downtown area? I was thinking Seattle or something as Lake Stevens was established to be a commuter town- Fixed by rearranging the sentence.
The first homesteads around the lake were established by emigrants
-- link Homestead (buildings) perhaps?- Linked to Homestead Acts
Machias was founded in 1890 and was followed by Hartford
-- The settlement/town/village of Machias...- Fixed.
which would become a major junction for the Everett and Monte Cristo Railway, which was completed in 1892.
-- kinda redundant- Fixed.
to fish, swim, and water-ski on the lake.
-- link Water skiing perhaps?- Done.
the intersection of two state highways west of the lake.
-- can you specify?- Done, but I had to be vague because the highways were initially numbered differently.
The development of resorts and other industry
-- industries?- Removed.
The area around Frontier Village was developed into a suburban bedroom community
-- probably just use commuter town as you had done so in the lead- Done.
more soon. --truflip99 (talk) 00:52, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
The city's boundaries are generally defined to the north by State Route 92
-- State Route 92 dup link- Removed.
Frontier Village opened in 1960 and later expanded as State Route 9 and State Route 204 were improved through the area.
-- these are now dup links- Removed.
The city lies on a plateau between the Snohomish River delta
-- Snohomish River dup link- Keeping, as it is important as context in this second section and is thus helpful to readers (as laid out in MOS:DL).
Lake Stevens has had an installed aeration system since the 1990s... which causes unwanted algae growth.
-- aeration and algae dup links- Removed.
followed by educational and health services (17%), retail (13%), and professional services (11%)
-- you deviated from spelling out percent here, and the go back to doing so- Fixed.
208,000 square feet (19,300 m2) of retail space, spread across several strip malls.
-- strip malls dup link- Removed.
The city council serves as the legislative body of the city government
-- link the earlier instance of city council- Removed first instance.
The council holds regular meetings twice a month at the Lake Stevens School District administrative headquarters
-- LSSD dup link- Removed.
More later. --truflip99 (talk) 01:02, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
community parks, neighborhood parks, mini-parks, and other facilities
-- what does "other facilities" entail?- Mostly special use facilities like the community center, boat launch, and nature reserves. Far too much to add to the sentence.
At the northeast end of the lake is North Cove Park, a downtown park that is planned to be developed into an urban gathering space.
-- status? by when?- No timeline yet, so I'm trying to avoid using a WP:CRYSTALBALL.
The Grimm House is owned by the city government and planned
-- is planned- Fixed.
Travis Bracht, singer
-- ref?- Added one that is a bit indirect (not mentioning his professional notability).
The Lake Stevens School District operates a system of public schools within the city
-- LSSD dup link- Kept to provide context.
including a portion of Marysville.
-- brief description of relative location? also Marysville is dup link- Fixed.
- State routes in Infra section dup links
- Kept to provide context.
The intersection of SR 9 and SR 204
-- if going to abbr, do this at first instance and use it thru rest of article- Fixed.
The agency provides all-day bus service from Lake Stevens to Everett, Granite Falls, Lynnwood, Marysville, and Snohomish.
-- some dup links in cities- Removed.
The city is also bisected by a pair of north–south electrical transmission lines
-- transmission lines dup link- Kept to provide context.
- Image and refs look good.
That's it from me. Putting on hold. --truflip99 (talk) 15:57, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
- @Truflip99: Thanks for the review. I have removed most of the duplicate links and added replies for the other notes you left. SounderBruce 05:35, 7 June 2020 (UTC)